xestes <3582>
xesthv xestes
| Pronunciation | : | xes'-tace |
| Origin | : | as if from xeo (properly, to smooth, by implication [of friction] to boil or heat) |
| Reference | : | - |
| PrtSpch | : | n m (noun masculine) |
| In Greek | : | xestwn 1 |
| In NET | : | pots 1 |
| In AV | : | pot 2 |
| Count | : | 2 |
| Definition | : |
1) a sextarius 1a) a vessel for measuring liquids, holding about a pint (.5 litre) 2) a wooden pitcher or ewer from which water or wine is poured, whether holding a sextarius or not as if from xeo (properly, to smooth; by implication, (of friction) to boil or heat); a vessel (as fashioned or for cooking) (or perhaps by corruption from the Latin sextarius, the sixth of a modius, i.e. about a pint), i.e. (specially), a measure for liquids or solids, (by analogy, a pitcher): KJV -- pot. |
| Related Hebrew | : | - |
